Tuesday, April 21, 2015

The secretive Catholic group Opus Dei has filed a lawsuit
against a Chilean LGBT group whose name translates as the Movement For
Homosexual Integration & Liberation (MOVILH). The suit seeks control
of the OpusGay.cl web domain and claims that the words "Opus Gay"
create confusion in the public's mind and suggest that MOVILH's mission
is supported by the Catholic Church. The domain was registered in 2002
and the URL redirects to the group's digital magazine.
The suit further claims that the word "Opus" is "inextricably linked to
the prelature." The lawyer for MOVILH notes that other sites begin with
the word "Opus" and accuses Opus Dei of "irrational homophobia." At the
time of the domain's registration Opus Dei filed an objection against
the use of "Opus Gay" as the title of a Chilean print magazine. That
demand was granted in 2007.

"There are different
interpretations of the concept of karma. This is a Sanskrit word meaning
‘action’. But this concept is even more profound: it is the universal
law of action and reaction. Karma is a mechanical law inherent to this
realm. Just by being here on Earth, we are under its influence. Many
people understand karma as a debt of suffering, but this is a
misunderstanding. Karma is a debt of learning. When we truly learn, our
karma dissolves."

Sometimes people get very rigid and
tense trying to be good, disciplined, and ethical. Tension can also
arise when we become more aware of the immense amount of
destruction—seen and unseen, intentional and unintentional—that our mere
physical existence causes. From a Buddhist point of view, however, this
is what it means to be born in samsara [suffering], and this is why we
need to attain freedom from samsara.